美国国家公共电台 NPR 2 Towns Locked In Trademark Battle Over Pierogi Festival Name
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
Now a federal case over pierogi and who can lay claim to Pierogi Fest.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: It's a Polish dumpling. And they're filled with either different meats, cheeses. A lot of them have fruits. You have your dessert ones, which are blueberry, strawberry.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Which is the most popular one?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Potato cheddar - there's nothing better.
SHAPIRO: The Chicago suburb of Whiting, Ind., has been putting on a pierogi festival for 23 years.
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
And about 10 years ago, the Chamber 1 of Commerce decided 2 to put a legal claim on its annual pierogi party.
TOM DABERTIN: We own the trademark 3 rights. And trademark rights are enforceable in all 50 states.
CORNISH: Tom Darrington is chairman of Pierogi Fest. Two years ago, the Pierogi Fest people sent a letter to Edwardsville, Pa., saying a pierogi festival there was infringing 4 on their federal trademark.
SHAPIRO: Another letter was sent to Pennsylvania this year. Edwardsville stood its ground.
JACQUELINE MORAN: They are two simple words - pierogi, a food, and festival, an event.
SHAPIRO: Jacqueline Moran organizes the Pennsylvania pierogi festival.
MORAN: I really don't understand why they feel that we are a competition to them.
CORNISH: So the Edwardsville Pierogi Festival filed a lawsuit 5 Monday against the Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Ind. Lawyer James Haggerty represents Edwardsville.
JAMES HAGGERTY: There is no consumer on planet Earth confusing these two pierogi festivals.
SHAPIRO: The only agreement between the two sides is that pierogi are delicious.
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- The media is accused of infringing on people's privacy. 人们指责媒体侵犯了大家的隐私。 来自《简明英汉词典》